rnmi2004

rnmi2004

private duty/home health, med/surg

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  1. Please Help

    I'm not sure about part-time programs at the universities. You could probably go to their web sites & get information about that. I do know that KVCC recently started a part-time program in...
  2. rapid response team.anyone using this?

    We very recently implemented a RRT, but the on-call person is either an APRN or PA in-house for that shift, so we aren't pulling someone from an ICU. They are awesome on night shift because we...
  3. CNA performing a newborn screen?

    The thread on fundal pressure got me thinking about the birth of my third child five years ago. The CNM instructed the nurse to use fundal pressure. It's on the tape of his birth, and I was looking...
  4. med-surg...medical unit or surgical unit?

    As an intern, I have been able to spend a month in both the medical and the surgical unit of my hospital. In my experience, the surgical unit is the busier one. The main reason is that it is the...
  5. Med Error

    Starcandy, I really don't see how this med error was your fault! You did what any reasonable nurse would have done. You did a lot of questioning and got the "correct answers" before you actually...
  6. Please take PCA's seriously

    I think having a basal rate cancels out the "patient controlled" part of the acronym. It sounds great in theory, but I'm more comfortable with demand-only PCA
  7. Nurses Who Shouldn't be Nurses

    To all those who have mentioned classmates who talk about how much money they are going to make when they are nurses, please consider that they may be in dire straits right now. Up until I started...
  8. Wearing scrubs in public...

    What he
  9. How long was new grad orientation?

    ...even NPO patients need insulin at times! :) I am almost at the end of my orientation. We get 4 to 5 months as a new grad on various units, then when I decide on my final unit I have another 2+...
  10. Stroke at 6.

    JBudd is correct. Seizures are periods of abnormal electrical activity in the brain; this will not show up on a CT or an MRI. An EEG can help determine if your "zoning out" is caused by
  11. med surge staffing ratios

    Not only is the staffing ratio unsafe (esp. with peds thrown in!) but why is it that only "some aides can do vitals"? Is the hospital not bothering to even hire appropriately trained
  12. Your opinion on HOSPITALISTS.

    I really like the hospitalists. As a recent grad, one of the tough things is knowing who to call (does this attending have residents? or partners? who do I page with problems???) but I never have to...
  13. Phasing out LPNs/LVNs?

    Both of the hospitals in my area did this recently. One semester, I was doing my clinicals with an LPN as the pt's main caregiver; within a few months the LPNs were being used in aide roles only, and...
  14. This sounds to me like a HIPAA violation. Your records should stay with your chart, and that's that. This goes for everyone at the pain clinic who has a contract. Good luck with your
  15. We have computer charting, but we also have papers we call the "kardex." It has the pathway & MAR's on binder rings. You can grab the Kardexes (Kardices? :chuckle ) for your group of pts &...
  16. :rotfl: :rotfl: Thanks for the laugh,
  17. Any nursing tatoo's?

    I just googled +nurse +tattoo on the images directory... :chuckle Some interesting results, including a "Do not resuscitate"!
  18. Surgical floor for New Grad

    The hospital I'm orienting at has the medical & surgical floors separated. However, if the med floor is full, a new med admit or transfer is sent to the surg floor, & vice versa. I just...
  19. Scripting: Yea or Nay?

    In orientation we were supplied with a list of situations where the hospital expects employees to use scripting. I read it to get the gist of how I'm supposed to respond, but I didn't bother...
  20. Is your book possibly referring to the Fentanyl patch? This is often used for chronic pain patients. Fentanyl IVP is used for acute
  21. Nursing Issue - Medication Aides

    You give prn's & chart results? This requires assessing a patient--something that is the nurse's scope of
  22. If I don't lotion enough, my hands crack & bleed--it looks like I've run them over a cheese grater. Lotion then hurts like heck. I use chickweed salve (applied after work, it has a fairly strong...
  23. Did anyone read this story of a dialysis nurse donating one of her kidneys to a dialysis patient? The operation was performed earlier this month, & one of the nurse's conditions was that the...
  24. I'm doing a med-surg internship as a new nurse. The reason I decided on this position is because of the hospital's thorough orientation and because I'm not sure where I want to end up. There are so...
  25. New nurse here...lacking confidence & feeling very freaked out. I have loose stools every morning before going in, & I feel like puking. But I am very, very good at acting confident in front...